Alice Lea Beecher ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L6V2-RH5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁵ Myers Beecher, solicitor, 49, born Oct 1850, was married for 19 years to wife Anna R., 40, May 1860. She had birthed 5 children, 4 still alive: Alice L., 17, Jun 1882; Carrie H., 15, Sep 1884; Bertha A., 11, Aug 1888; and Irvin S., 8, Jul 1891. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Myers was renting the home at 248 N. Charlotte St.

2. Newspaper: Reading Times: "Pottstown: Mrs. A. J. Willoughby of Philadelphia, and Mr. And Mrs. William Hughes, of Boston, Mass., are guests of Mr. And Mrs. Myers C. Beecher, 248 N. Charlotte street.", 3 Jun 1914, Reading, Berks, PA. ⁶

3. Newspaper: Pottstown Mercury: Former Pottstown Woman's Will Filed, 7 Jul 1937, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁷ Philadelphia, July 6 -- Carrie Beecher Hughes, widow of Joseph P.Hughes, formerly of Pottstown, left an $11,500 estate to be divided among relatives after making two $1000 bequests to a brother-in-law and a sister, according toher will filed for probate today.
The sum of $1000 was bequeathed to a sister, Alice B. Willoughby, who "helped me bear my troubles" and a like amount to a brother-in-law, not named, for "his graciousness to us during our life."
Mrs. Hughes died in Jewish hospital, June 19, of a heart attack caused by a fracture of the skull and compound fracture of the leg received when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver. She had resided at 4630 North 12th street.
Mrs. Hughes was a daughter of Annie R. (Gresh) and the late Myers C. Beecher, 248 North Charlotte street, Pottstown.

4. Residence: 2214 W. Cheltenham Ave., Philadelphia, PA on 22 Dec 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

5. Newspaper: Pottstown Mercury: Children Bequeathed Shares in $4750 Estate, 6 Mar 1945, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁸ Norristown, March 5 -- Anne R. Beecher, Pottstown, who died Jan. 19 named three children, Alice L., Bertha A. and Anna M., equal benefiiaries of an estate valued at $4750.

6. Cause of Death: Alice died at Einstein Medical Center from pulmonary emboli, fracture of right femur, 11 Feb 1965, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

7. Residence: 2214 W. Cheltenham Ave., Philadelphia, PA on 11 Feb 1965 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

8. Obituary: Pottstown Mercury: obituary of Alice Beecher Willoughby on 16 Feb 1965 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ² Willoughby -- On Thursday, Feb. 11, 1965, Alice (Beecher) of 2214 Cheltenham Ave., Philadelphia, widow of Dr. R. R. Willoughby and sister of Mrs. Anna Yost. Relatives and friends are invited to the services on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1965 at 1:30 p. m. from Kirk & Nice, 6301 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia. Interment in Forest Hills cemetery. Friends may call on Monday evening at Kirk & Nice.

Alice married Dr. Ralph Ray Willoughby, son of Dr. Reason Lysander Willoughby and Anna Louise McCorkle. (Dr. Ralph Ray Willoughby was born on 22 Feb 1881 in Eugene, Lane, OR,¹ died on 22 Dec 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ¹ and was buried on 27 Dec 1943 in Huntington Valley: Forest Hills Memorial Park, Montgomery, PA ¹.)